Federal Employees & Workplace

Protecting the federal workplace is essential to ensure that important services remain available at a time when they are most needed. What’s more, protecting federal workers also protects their families, their loved ones, and their communities.

By promoting simple flu prevention measures, we take an important step towards protecting both our workplace and our workers.

• Prevention Tools – Use these flyers, posters, podcasts, videos and toolkits to prepare for the 2011-2012 flu season.
• OPM Guidance – The Office of Personnel Management has developed comprehensive preparedness guidance More…

Preparing for the Flu

Use these resources to help federal workers stay healthy during flu season.

• Fact sheet for federal agencies
  • Action Steps to Keep Your Federal Workforce Healthy (PDF - 385.82 KB)
• E-mail templates for federal agencies to send to employees
  • Flu Season is Starting. Get Ready Now!
  • If You Are Not Feeling Well
  • Staying Healthy
    
• Additional communication resources for federal agencies (PDF - 617.88 KB)

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OPM Guidance  

The OPM Guidance includes human resources management and continuity of operations planning, telework guidance and information for supervisors. Visit OPM Guidance

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Prevention Tools  

• let you listen and learn on the way to work.
• Posters are an inexpensive and effective way to keep prevention messages in front of employees at work.
• Safety information for employees and employers.
• Our Toolkits contain a range of information for workplace managers.
• Videos can be embedded on your Intranet sites.
  

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Posters: 

CDC’s “Cover Your Cough” poster (11 x 17) is available in two colors and four languages.  Download here. VA’s “Stop Spreading Germs poster (8.5 x 11) is one of many posters available for workplace use.  View and download them all. CDC’s “STOP if You Feel Sick” poster (18 x 24) is multicolor. Download here.

Safety: 

Guidance, Fact Sheets, and Quick Cards (OSHA)

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Toolkits:  

HHS’s “Preparing for the Flu” Toolkit contains 25 pages of information for employers and workplace managers. Download PDF here. OPM’s “Planning for Pandemic Influenza” provides 178 pages of policies on leave, pay, hiring, alternative work arrangements and other critical human resources issues. Download PDF here.

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Videos:  

CDC's "Put Your Hands Together" video (3:38) explains the importance of properly washing your hands. View here.

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